Gems and Jewelry Appraising: Techniques of Professional Practice - Hardcover

Anna M. Miller

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0412078414 ISBN 13: 9780412078415

Publisher: Springer, 1988

Synopsis

Only a few years ago, if you needed an appraisal of The revolution in the personal property appraisals gems and jewelry for any reason, you asked your local field (of which jewelry is a part) is a little more than a jeweler, who hastily scribbled a one-line handwritten decade old. There now exist uniform standards and note. He or she usually performed the appraisal for procedures for personal property appraisers, classes free, and did so with reluctance, accommodating you in valuation techniques, and degree programs in the only because as a customer you held the promise of a valuation sciences. future sale. The price your jeweler may have assigned Professional jewelry appraisers are on the edge of to the jewelry was granted without the least regard a new vocation. Banks, insurance companies, and for market research, legalities, or ethics. In most in­ governmental agencies have all helped bring about stances, the estimate was no more than a properly the changes and contribute to the birth of the profes­ completed sales receipt. sion; they have realized that they can demand and Gemologists were usually pushed into the role of get high standards of performance and integrity from appraiser by their jeweler employers, who were eager jewelry appraisers, as they can from appraisers of real to gain an advantage over their competitors by adver­ property.

About this title

About the Author:

Anna M. Miller, G.G., M.G.A., R.M.V, is a jewelry historian, author, lecturer and instructor.

The developer of the Master Valuer Program, a jewelry appraisal course that has been taught worldwide, she currently consults with individuals and companies on buying, selling, appraising, and interpreting the jewelry arts.

Miller is the author of five books on gems and jewelry, including The Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising and Cameos Old and New.

Review:

"A book that everyone in the gem business should have at their fingertips whether they do appraising or not." -- Gem Show News

"Miller's style is easy and clean. She cuts a tough subject down to size with her firm grip on this complex field and has you enjoying the process." -- Southern Jewelry News

"Well organized...easy to follow, and comprehensive....It should be read by practicing appraisers, new appraisers, would-be appraisers, and those who wonder what appraising is all about." -- Lapidary Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0412078414
• ISBN 13: 9780412078415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208